{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-790LC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-790LC.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/790LC",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "790LC",
  "heading": "Duty to notify registrar of unconfirmed persons with significant control",
  "text": "(1) A company must give a notice to the registrar if—\n(a) it knows or has cause to believe that a person has become a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company, but\n(b) it has not yet had confirmation as mentioned in section 790LA(1).\n(2) The notice must state—\n(a) the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) and (b) of subsection (1), and\n(b) the date on which the company first knew or had cause to believe that the person had become a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company.\n(3) A notice under subsection (1) must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the company first knows or has cause to believe that the person has become a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company.\n(4) Nothing in this section requires a company, on its incorporation, to give a notice in relation to a person included in the statement of initial significant control under section 12A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 21A inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 except for the insertion of ss. 790M(9)(c), 790W-790ZE and 30.6.2016 so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 1; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, regs. 4(a), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 21A Ch. 2A inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for the insertion of s. 790LD for specified purposes, 18.11.2025 in force in so far as not already in force, except for the insertion of s. 790LB(2)(3) and s. 790LB(4) for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)(4) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 790LC(2) substituted (18.11.2025) by The Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1036), regs. 2, 9; S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 790LC-790LH applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 31DA (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1033), regs. 1(3)(c), 8(6) (with regs. 12-16); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(i))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 790LA-790LD applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 12B (as substituted by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(4), 3(6) (with regs. 5, 6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/790LC",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}